PQ 2399
2399. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to an issue concerning some female same-sex couples from Northern Ireland who undergo fertility treatment in this jurisdiction (details supplied); if guidance will be issued to fertility clinics to ensure that they are informing the relevant couples from Northern Ireland that they will fall outside the scope of the UK’s 2008 Embryology Act if they undergo treatment in this jurisdiction; if she has engaged with her counterparts in Northern Ireland with respect to this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44014/26]
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2399. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to an issue concerning some female same-sex couples from Northern Ireland who undergo fertility treatment in this jurisdiction (details supplied); if guidance will be issued to fertility clinics to ensure that they are informing the relevant couples from Northern Ireland that they will fall outside the scope of the UK’s 2008 Embryology Act if they undergo treatment in this jurisdiction; if she has engaged with her counterparts in Northern Ireland with respect to this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44014/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-06-09/2399/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2026-06-09/pq_2399